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14th century Chess player who could play blindfold Chess. He was a lawyer and considered the best
Chess player in the world who could play four blindfold games at once, plus another game under normal conditions while carrying on a conversation with the spectators.
He was given the nickname Ali Shatranj (Ali the
Chess player), better known to us as Aladdin, the chap with the wonderful lamp who appears in Christmas pantomimes.
Aladdin: in The Arabian Nights Entertainments: the son of a poor widow in China. He becomes the possessor of a magic lamp and ring, with which he commands two genii to gratify all his wishes.
Fil
Originally used in the game of Shatranj and placed on $C01 or $F01. The word has its origin in the word pil (Sanskrit gaja) elephant.
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